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Think of Indiana's biggest in-state basketball rival, and Purdue is a slam dunk.

Jon Avery had 16 points and 13 rebounds as IUPUI beat Michigan Tech 65-51 in a consolation-bracket game of the Coaches vs.

Eugene Spates scored 14 points and grabbed five rebounds, and Northeastern cruised to a 73-60 win over IUPUI in the first round of the 2KSports Classic.

George Hill is gone, IUPUI's only senior has a broken hand, and the pain of not being invited to college basketball's postseason parties last season still lingers with many.

Back in June, when the Spurs made an unknown point guard from a little-known college the 26th pick in the NBA draft, they explained the pick this way: George Hill can play in the NBA.

Around the NBA Dixon a Wizard again Guard Juan Dixon signed a free-agent contract with Washington on Tuesday, returning to the team that drafted him after he led Maryland to an NCAA title.

It could have been a year to remember for the Oakland University mens basketball team.

The San Antonio Spurs signed first-round pick George Hill to a deal that will pay the former IUPUI star $1.22 million his first year and $1.31 million his second.

" The Spurs signed guards George Hill and Salim Stoudamire on Wednesday. Hill was the club's first-round pick in the 2008 NBA Draft.

Published September 23, 2008 at 4:44 p.m. Updated September 23, 2008 at 6:03 p.m. INDIANAPOLIS _ The San Antonio Spurs signed first-round pick George Hill on Tuesday.

The IUPUI men's basketball team will play two regular-season games at Conseco Fieldhouse this season.

The little girl didn't speak English, and Ron Hunter speaks barely any Spanish. Small enough for Hunter to hoist onto his hip, the girl lived in a Peruvian home for sexually abused girls.

As I learned today, Peru is not all poor and needy. It was somewhat of a sightseeing day for our group.

IUPUI basketball coach Ron Hunter, who went barefoot for a game last season, won't be able to deliver shoes to the poor in Nigeria this month because the U.S. State Department said it wouldn't be safe to go.

The day after Spurs coaches gave first-round draft pick George Hill an A-plus for his defense on O.J. Mayo, Hill put a few substandard marks in his report card in the Spurs' second game of the Las Vegas Summer ...

The Spurs introduced their draft picks on Thursday, led by a guard from Indianapolis that San Antonio selected in the first round.

He was the 26th selection of the 2008 NBA draft, and something of a surprise first-rounder, at that.

Indianapolis has produced plenty of basketball talent in its history but the past two years have been special on a national scale.

Picks over the former Kansas guard showed that Chalmers could have enterted into the NBA Draft a year too early.

As Thursday's NBA Draft unfolded, did it come to a surprise to anyone else that former Aggies forward Justin Hawkins went undrafted? I'm no talent scout for the league and I've only seen Hawkins play on a ...